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Optical engineering and the science of light / Anne Rooney.

by Rooney, Anne.

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Crabtree Publishing Company, c2014.

Optical engineering -- Juvenile literature.

Light -- Juvenile literature.

Engineering in action.

9780778712282 (reinforced library binding)

0778712281 (reinforced library binding)

9780778712329 (pbk.)

077871232X (pbk.)

32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.

What is optical engineering? -- How light works -- How engineers work with light -- Light and vision -- History of optical engineering -- More uses for light -- Working in optical engineering -- Starting a project: problems and solutions 18 -- Ideas factory -- First attempts -- Refining the project -- Design challenge : make a periscope -- Into the future.

Examines how optical engineers combine the study of light and vision with the engineering design process to create world-changing instruments and technologies, including how these engineers define problems, find solutions, and build and test models.

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